Bernardo Silva brutally tells Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko to ‘stay at home’ after latter expresses desire to win Premier League
Arsenal's left back, Oleksandr Zinchenko, detailed his friendship with former Manchester City teammate Bernardo Silva.
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Oleksandr Zinchenko and Bernardo Silva, image courtesy: X
Very few friendships are as special as that between the two former teammates, Bernardo Silva and Oleksandr Zinchenko. In Zinchenko’s autobiography ‘Believe’, the latter revealed a hilarious instance of banter involving the duo.
Oleksandr Zinchenko released his new autobiography ‘Believe’, and in that book, he disclosed a snippet of a conversation between the two. As the Ukrainian was enjoying a holiday in the south of France, he asked Silva about the whereabouts of a practice ground, where he could go for a run and get some quality practice time. Bernardo Silva responded in the most brutal fashion possible.
I saw on Instagram that Bernardo Silva was there as well. I texted him, asking if he knew a pitch to do some exercises. He wrote back saying, ‘for what, do you need a pitch?’ ‘I need to run,’ I replied. He wrote back, ‘run? For what? You’re going to try to win the Premier League again? Forget about it. Stay at home’.
Oleksandr Zinchenko revealed in his autobiography ‘Believe’
Bernardo Silva told Zinchenko to “stay home” if he’s aiming to win the league again ? pic.twitter.com/gcraVkmvOk
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The two shared the dressing room at Manchester City for half a decade, grabbing four Premier League titles, four Carabao Cups, and one FA Cup together. In 2022, Zinchenko called it a day in the Manchester City threads and joined their rivals, Arsenal. The current season for Zinchenko hasn’t seen him get too many minutes for the Gunners, as he has only played 79 minutes in the Premier League.
Oleksandr Zinchenko detailed the early struggles of being a footballer from where he hails
Oleksandr Zinchenko recently highlighted what he had to go through to become the star that he is today. In an interview with The Guardian, he said that the challenges to becoming a footballer from where he came were too overwhelming. Zinchenko stated that there weren’t any facilities whatsoever, and they could only have two practices in a week to play a game. However, it was his mom who saw the fire in his eyes and eventually decided to push him for the bigger leagues.
As per Zinchenko, City tracked him in a Youth Champions League game between Shakhtar and Arsenal. He was initially given an academy player’s contract and was promised that as soon as he made his debut for City as a professional player, he would get the usual contract that a senior player does and all the perks that come along. Zinchenko didn’t negotiate much and was happy to be a part of the offer that came knocking at his doorstep.
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